If the rod be bent too much one way, says the proverb, in order to make it straight you must bend it as much the other. Adam Smith
http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN19.html Smith cited this proverb in order to ridicule it but it might be what we are seeing at this time. Culture develops in ways we don't fully understand. Gregg says many things that ring true, just wish he didn't keep citing Al Gore so often. There is clearly a reaction to modernism going on in Islam and probably going on in western society as well. Expressed in ways that seem odd but nonetheless the reaction is there whether we like it or not. Arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:03 AM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION'; [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength Powerful statement by Allan Gregg on where, in blissful ignorance, we seem to be going. Ed http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/10/allan-gregg-speech-assault-on-reason _n_1871658.html
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